default

• carelessness
• delinquency
• dereliction
• disregard
• fail
• failure
• forget
• heedlessness
• ignore
• inadvertence
• inadvertency
• laxity
• misprision
• neglect
• negligence
• nonfeasance
• omit
• overlook
• overpass
• oversight
• pass over
• pretermit
• skip
• slide
• slight
• slip

• carry out
• compliance
• discharge
• do
• execute
• fulfil
• fulfill
• fulfillment
• fulfilment
• heed
• keep
• meet
• mind
• observe
• perform
• practice
• practise
• remember
• satisfy

• noun
  1. The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
  2. The original software programming settings as set by the factory.
  3. A loss incurred by failing to compete.
  4. A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
  5. A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
  6. The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
  7. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
  8. Lack; absence.
  9. Fault; offence; wrong act.
• verb
  1. To fail to meet an obligation.
  2. To lose a competition by failing to compete.
  3. To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
  4. To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.

• The system will reset to its default settings after a restart.
• He missed too many payments and went into default.
• By default, the program saves files to the desktop.
• They won the match by default when their opponents withdrew.
• Always check the default password before logging in for the first time.

lack

lacks

obligation

fail

fails

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